Meaning Of Flowers

Though most popular in the Victorian period, the symbolic use of flowers dates back to antiquity. In medieval and Renaissance culture, flowers were often given moral meanings. This is most apparent in art in which saints are often depicted with flowers that are symbolic of their virtues. Liana DeGirolami Cheney notes that "some of the Christian symbols for Virginity or Chastity are the white rose, the myrtle, a vessel or vase, the lily, and the unicorn".. Victorian sources also used flowers to describe moral, spiritual, or emotional truths. Flowers have a language of their own. The Victorians made an art of it. You’ve probably heard about Victorian women carrying small bouquets, called tussie-mussies, with messages encoded in the language of the flowers. Strands of ivy signified fidelity and friendship, gardenias conveyed a secret love, forsythia... anticipation.
There are many different types of flowers around the world. They all differ in shape, size, color, texture and smell. All flowers basically have the same biological origin, they all have stems, petals, sepals, stammens and pistils. All flowers posses a unique and distinct meaning that is different from another. There are so many different types of flowers, but this blog will list a few types and their meanings in alphabetical order as follows:
A
• Acacia - Secret love; chaste love; beauty in retirement; elegance; friendship; hope
• Acanthus - Art or artistic; the fine arts; artifice
• Achillea millefolia - War
• Aconite (Wolf's Bane) - Misanthropy
B
• Bachelor's Buttons - Celibacy; single blessedness; hope in love
• Baby's Breath - Everlasting love; happiness; pure in heart
• Basil - Best Wishes; love; hatred
• Bay Leaf - Strength
C
• Cactus - Endurance; warmth; grandeur
• Calendula - Joy
• Calla - Magnificent beauty
• Camellia - Admiration; perfection; good luck gift to a man; loveliness
D
• Daffodil - Respect; regard; unrequited love; deceit
• Dahlia - Good taste; instability
• Daisy - Innocence; loyal love; purity; faith; cheer; simplicity
• Dandelion - Wishes come true; faithfulness; happiness; rustic oracle
E
• Edelweiss - Daring; noble courage
• Eglantine - Poetry; I wound to heal
• Elder - Zealousness
• Elm - Dignity
F
• Fennel - Worthy of all praise; strength
• Fern - Sincerity
• Fern (Magic) - Fascination; confidence and shelter
• Fern (Maidenhair) - Secret bond of love

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G
• Gardenia - You're lovely; secret love; refinement; joy
• Garland of roses - Reward of virtue
• Garlic - Courage; strength
• Geranium (Oak leafed) - Friendship
H
• Harebell - Submission; grief
• Hawthorn - Hope
• Hazel - Reconciliation
• Heather (lavender) - Admiration; solitude
I
• Ice plant - Your looks freeze me
• Iris - Faith; hope; wisdom and valour; my compliments; eloquence; message
• Ivy - Fidelity; friendship; affection; marriage
J
• Jasmine - Amiability; wealth; grace and elegance
• Jonquil - Love me; affection returned; desire; sympathy
• Judas Tree - Unbelief; betrayal
• Juniper - Protection; succour
K
• Kingcup - Desire for riches
L
• Laburnum - Forsaken; pensive beauty
• Larkspur (pink) - Fickleness; levity
• Laurel (mountain) - Ambition; glory
• Lavender - Devotion, distrust
M
• Magnolia - Sweetness; beauty; love of nature; nobility; dignity; splendid beauty
• Marigold - Comforts the heart; grief; cruelty; jealousy; sacred affection
• Marjoram (sweet) - Joy and happiness; blushes
• Meadowsweet - Uselessness
N
• Narcissus - Egotism; formality; stay as sweet as you are;
• Nasturtium - Conquest; victory in battle; maternal love; charity; patriotism
• Nightshade - Truth

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O
• Oak leaves - Bravery
• Oleander - Caution; beware
• Orange - Generosity
P
• Palm leaves - Victory and success
• Pansy - Thoughts; love
• Parsley - Festivities
• Pasque Flower - You have no claims
Q
• Quaking Grass - Agitation
• Queen Anne's Lace - Fantasy
• Quince - Temptation
R
• Ranunculus - You are radiant with charms
• Rocket - Rivalry
• Rose (red) - Love ; I love you
• Rose (white) - Eternal Love; innocence; heavenly; secrecy and silence
• Rose (pink) - Perfect happiness; please believe me
• Rose (yellow) - Friendship; jealousy; try to care
S
• Saffron - Beware of excess
• Sage - Wisdom; long life; domestic virtue
• Salvia (blue) - I think of you
T
• Tamarisk - Crime
• Thrift - Sympathy
• Thyme - Strength and courage; activity
• Tulip(general) - Fame; charity; declaration of love
V
• Valerian - An accommodating disposition
• Vernal Grass - Poor but happy
• Veronica - Fidelity
• Violet - Modesty; faithfulness
W
• Wallflower - Fidelity in adversity
• Water Lily - Purity of heart
X
• Xeranthemum - Cheerfulness under adversity
Y
• Yarrow - Health; healing
Z
• Zinnia - Thoughts of friends
• Zinnia (magenta) - Lasting affection
• Zinnia (mixed) - Thinking of an absent friend

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